Ex-Googler says she exposed company-wide pay inequality with spreadsheet

Re:Ex-Googler says she exposed company-wide pay inequality w... by Retra on Sunday July 19, 2015 @03:01PM (#9912391)

You're taking the wrong part of that analogy. My point is that it is not the doctors responsibility to withhold information in the name of protecting me from "painful feelings." Other patient's health information isn't relevant to me. Other employee's pay is.

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Re:Ex-Googler says she exposed company-wide pay inequality w... by Dylan16807 on Sunday July 19, 2015 @05:09PM (#9912829)

Can you explain why anonymous pay info isn't good enough?

I'm not saying that hurt feelings should override important info, but if the info isn't important, and it's not about you, then maybe hurt feelings should be considered.

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Re:Ex-Googler says she exposed company-wide pay inequality w... by Retra on Monday July 20, 2015 @06:23PM (#9919514)

If I want to improve my (or my company's) ability to make decisions, I need to know how the decisions are made, including knowledge about what is valued.

Let's say I'm playing a game of poker. I know what my hand is, but nobody else's. You are telling me that I am advantaged simply by knowing the odds associated with my hand.

Great.

Except my opponent across the table can see everyone's hand. And they are telling me I should go all in.

That's why anonymous info isn't good enough: it's only anonymous to the losers.

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Re:Ex-Googler says she exposed company-wide pay inequality w... by Dylan16807 on Monday July 20, 2015 @08:29PM (#9919980)

In poker the hands of everyone else directly affect you.

This is more like knowing everyone else's hands in blackjack.

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